Oil-can attachment.



E. M. BASTIAN.

OIL CAN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I6. 1918.

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OIL-CAN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed January 16,1918. Serial No. 212,077.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL M. BASTIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highmore, in the county of Hyde and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Can Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil can attachments, and more particularly to a device for preventing clogging of the spout of the can by dust, grit, and other foreign material when used for oiling machineryand other purposes.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated of simple construction and operation which may be readily applied to an oil can of standard construction. A further object is to provide a device having a cleaning rod which is mounted adjacent the spout of the can and may be moved into extended position so as to project beyond the end of the spout, this rod serving as a cleaning element to open the oil hole or duct into which it is desired to inject the oil, thus preventing the dirt or grit which may collect therein from entering the spout of the can. A further object is to provide means for normally holding this cleaning rod in retracted position, and simple and eflicient means for moving it into extended or operative position. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view of an oil can with a cleaning attachment constructed in accordance with my invention applied.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the can spout with the device applied, part being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the operating lever.

The can 1 is of standard construction being provided with a threaded neck 2 and handle 3. This neck is adapted to receive the threaded neck 4: of nozzle 5 which is provided with a base flange 6. The nozzle and can may be made of any preferred suitable or standard construction. A U-bracket 7 is secured on flange 6 and rockably supports a thumb lever 8 by means of a pin 9 inserted through the same and through the arms of the bracket adjacent the upper end thereof. This thumb lever is bifurcated at its inner of the nozzle 5 being end to form the spaced lugs 10- between which is .pivotally secured, by means of a pin 11, the lower end of an upwardly tapering cleaning rod 12. This rod is loosely mounted through guide members 13 and 1 1 which are secured on spout 5, these guide members having the outer loops 15 and-l6 respectively which are of such size as to loosely and slidably receive rod 12. A tension coil spring 17 has its upper end secured to lever 8 intermediate. pin9 and pivotpin 11, and its lower end secured to the base flange 6. This spring acts to normally hold the inner end of the lever in lowered position thus maintaining the rod 12 in retracted position, the rod being of such length that, when in this position, its upper end is a slight distance below the upper end of nozzle 5. When it is desired to use the rod, the outer end of lever 8 is depressed by exerting pressure on the thumb plate 18 carried thereby, this plate being disposed at an angle to the body of the lever so as to facilitate operation thereof.

In using this device, the can will be gripped in the ordinary manner by means of handle 3 and inverted with the smaller end of nozzle 5 adjacent the oil hole or duct. By depressing the outer end of lever 8, rod 12 is moved into extended position so as to project beyond the spout 5, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In this position the rod will project a slight distance across or in front of the smaller end of spout 5- so that, by inserting rod 12 into the oil duct, this rod will act as a guide to direct the oil into the oil hole or duct. Also, if desired, the rod can be used simply as a cleaning element for opening the duct or oil hole, the smaller end then inserted a short distance in the oil hole in the usual manner. The rod 12 thus acts as a cleaning element to displace or remove dirt and foreign material from in front of the nozzle thus preventing clogging or stopping of the nozzle due to the collection of foreign material in the oil hole of the machinery in connection with which the oil can is used, such as commonly occurs in oil cans of ordinary construction not having a cleaning device of this character. This saves the time and inconvenience which is required to clean out the nozzle which becomes thus clogged, and insures further that the oil duct will be opened properly so as to permit the lubricant to flow onto the bearing surfaces.

It will be evident that there may be slight changes made in the construction and arrangement of the difi'erent parts of my invention without departing from the field and nozzle, a cleaning rod slidably mounted thereon and extending longitudinally of the nozzle, said nozzle'being provided at its base with a supporting flange, means mounted on.

said flange and connected to the rod for moving the rod upwardly so as to project beyond the outer end of said nozzle, and means carried by the flange for normally holding said rod in retracted position.

2. In a device of the character described, a

nozzle, a cleaning rod slidably mounted thereon and extending longitudinally of the nozzle, said nozzle being provided at its base with an annular base flange, an operating lever rockably mounted intermediate its ends on said flange and having its inner end pivotally secured to the lower end of said rod,

and a tension spring secured to said lever adjacent the inner end thereof and to said base flange for normally holding the inner end of the lever depressed so as to maintain the cleaning rod in retracted osition.

In testimony whereof 'I' a xmy signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

EARL M. BASTIAN.

Witnesses:

v M. C. CUNNINGHAM,

F. W. REED.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

